"Mike Bristow" wrote in message
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In article ,
Nick Cooper 625 wrote:
My flatmate has a monthly Zone 2-3 TC on her shiny new Oyster card.
What's the deal at the moment with ticket extensions if she needs to
travel into Zone 1?


At the moment I get a paper one, and show itat the gateline, muttering
something about my Oyster not having Zone 1.



Extensions and Oyster are a total shag. I have a zone 1-2 but my girlfriend
lives in zone 3, therefore when I go round to hers from work (Zone 1) I have
to convince the man/woman in the ticket office that I just want a ticket
from X to Y (where X is the Zone 2/3 boundary on the line and Y is the
destination) and that this blue bit of plastic covers the rest.

Said ticket from X to Y costs £1.10.

Of course the ticket office is always very busy (at Charing Cross) so I
can't get to the ticket office because there's a c.10 person queue and end
up having to buy a ticket for the entire journey @ £2.20 (or £2.10, can't
remember) or miss the train. So that's a free quid "they" are getting
everytime I go to my girlfriend's.

I spose I could dump her to stop this problem but we've just got engaged so
it wouldn't be my preferred option.

Unless I'm very much mistaken, it was Rob
), in message
who said:
Extensions and Oyster are a total shag. I have a zone 1-2 but my
girlfriend lives in zone 3, therefore when I go round to hers from
work (Zone 1) I have to convince the man/woman in the ticket office
that I just want a ticket from X to Y (where X is the Zone 2/3
boundary on the line and Y is the destination) and that this blue bit
of plastic covers the rest.

Said ticket from X to Y costs £1.10.

Of course the ticket office is always very busy (at Charing Cross) so
I can't get to the ticket office because there's a c.10 person queue
and end up having to buy a ticket for the entire journey @ £2.20 (or
£2.10, can't remember) or miss the train. So that's a free quid
"they" are getting everytime I go to my girlfriend's.

I spose I could dump her to stop this problem but we've just got
engaged so it wouldn't be my preferred option.


Don't be so ungrateful.

If I was lucky enough to be engaged, the last thing I'd waste my time doing
would be complaining about tickets. In the same situation, I'd have a card
covering all the necessary zones, and be done with it.

Stop taking the ****. There's loads of single, lonely, unhappy people out
there. Just think about that next time you're paying the extra £1.20.

BTN

"Ben Nunn" wrote in message
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Don't be so ungrateful.

If I was lucky enough to be engaged, the last thing I'd waste my time
doing
would be complaining about tickets. In the same situation, I'd have a card
covering all the necessary zones, and be done with it.

Stop taking the ****. There's loads of single, lonely, unhappy people out
there. Just think about that next time you're paying the extra £1.20.


LOL! "my lovelife has improved loads since i got my oyster...."

"spammy" wrote in message
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LOL! "my lovelife has improved loads since i got my oyster...."

Better TM that quick, or they'll use it on the website!

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 09:56:42 +0100, "spammy" wrote:


LOL! "my lovelife has improved loads since i got my oyster...."

Or a variation of the "Love is..." series (not leaving litter, moving
down the carriage etc):

"Love is... an oyster"


Cheers,

Jason.

"Jason Hobbs King" wrote in message
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Or a variation of the "Love is..." series (not leaving litter, moving
down the carriage etc):

"Love is... an oyster"


Cheers,

Groan!

Getting back to the original thread "An oyster help my love-life!"

"Robin Mayes" wrote:


"Jason Hobbs King" wrote in message
.. .

Or a variation of the "Love is..." series (not leaving litter, moving
down the carriage etc):

"Love is... an oyster"


Cheers,

Groan!

Getting back to the original thread "An oyster help my love-life!"

We were talking about *ZONE* extensions...

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In article ,
Rob wrote:
Of course the ticket office is always very busy (at Charing Cross) so I
can't get to the ticket office because there's a c.10 person queue and end
up having to buy a ticket for the entire journey @ £2.20 (or £2.10, can't
remember) or miss the train. So that's a free quid "they" are getting
everytime I go to my girlfriend's.

I think single zone extensions are available from the larger
touch-screen vending machines - certainly the ones at Finchley
Cenral and Leytonstone do. Under the "other tickets" section, I
think.

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